There's a particular flavor of outrage that shows up in expat groups around the world, and it goes something like this: "I am NOT an immigrant. I'm an expat." Forty replies later, several people threaten to leave the group. Seriously?

You lose your power when you allow labels to trigger you.

I found this out the hard way when I landed in Peru and heard the label "gringo" used as a smear. And they said it with intense derision. Griiiiigo. Don't call me that!

Words contain energy. High-demand...

Post-religion, I was a kid in a candy store, not sure what to believe and open to everything. Study with the UU's? Worship with the evangelicals? Meditate with the Buddhists? I did it all.

Having spent most of my life inside of a high-demand religion (Mormonism) and later the evangelical side of Christianity, I was open to everything and all. I'm sharing this post to highlight what helped me most.

Enter Bob Monroe's Gateway program.

In the 1970s, a radio executive named Robert Monroe started...

We’ve all encountered difficult people, but how do you know when someone crosses the line from simply “difficult” to genuinely dangerous? I was so naive in my youth. I could not have imagined how dark some people are, which, as you might guess, exposed me to people who used, abused, and played me. Ignorance is not bliss.

In a recent interview with Dr. Kerry McAvoy, former FBI special agent and criminal profiler Joe Navarro shed light on this exact question. After years of studying criminals,...